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<p class="p_Normal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal">By clicking on the<span style="font-style: italic;"> VI-GraphSim</span> tab, it is possible to setup the communication with VI-CarRealTime. This area is splitted in two main parts:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 13px; margin: 7px 0px 0px 48px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Sans Unicode','Arial';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_NormalIndentParameters" style="font-weight: bold;">VI-GraphSim - SETUP: red highlighting;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 13px; margin: 7px 0px 0px 48px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Sans Unicode','Arial';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_NormalIndentParameters" style="font-weight: bold;">VI-GraphSim - Host list (populated after &quot;load hosts&quot; button activation): blue highlighting;</span></p><p class="p_Normal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="drivesim_VI-graphsim" width="634" height="262" style="margin:0px auto 0px auto;width:634px;height:262px;border:none" src="drivesim_vi-graphsim.png"/></p>
<p class="p_Normal" style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VI-GraphSim - SETUP tab buttons and fields:</span></p>
<p class="p_Normal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px;">&nbsp;</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">load hosts</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">load in the interface all the PCs running VI-GraphSim (make sure that on those PCs the process VIrpcDaemon is running. If not launch the VIrpcDaemon.exe file, provided with the installation), default timeout=5msec;</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">IGs ON</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">this button will turn-on all the hosts loaded before (make sure that wake on lan function (WOL) is activated in host bios, the MAC addresses of the machines are recorded during the load hosts sequence);</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">IGs OFF</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">this button will shut-down all the hosts loaded</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">gfx subnet</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">sets the subnet mask where the GUI has to look for PCs running VI-GraphSim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eyepoint</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">sets the driver eye point and moves the camera accordingly</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">vigraphsim master</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">sets the VI-GraphSim Master PC. It is used to load track and car list</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">track</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">to chose the track (only the graphics, not the physical mesh for road contact) to be loaded in VI-GraphSim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">car</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">to chose the car (only the graphics, not the physical vehicle model) to be loaded in VI-GraphSim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">solver ip</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">the solver IP, to which VI-GraphSim has to connect</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">apply config</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">this button applies the eyepoint modification</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">run vigraphsim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">to run VI-GraphSim on all the hosts loaded</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:223px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">stop vigraphsim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:863px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">to stop VI-GraphSim on all the hosts loaded</span></p>
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<p class="p_Normal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px;">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VI-GraphSim - Host list tab buttons and fields:</span></p>
<p class="p_Normal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="drivesim_VI-graphsim_hosts" width="729" height="339" style="margin:0px auto 0px auto;width:729px;height:339px;border:none" src="drivesim_vi-graphsim_hosts.png"/></p>
<p class="p_Normal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p_Normal">Once hosts has been loaded, they are shown in the lower part of the window (in the example 4 machines are loaded in the list). It is now possible to set main VI-GraphSim parameters for each PC.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">&nbsp;</p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">alias</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">name of the host. Very useful for distinguishing the hosts.</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">identify</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">identify the host by showing a red background on the desktop</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">grid1</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">once VI-GraphSim has been loaded it shows the grid with the track in the background, useful for projectors alignment</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">grid2</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">once VI-GraphSim has been loaded it shows the grid with black bacground, useful for projectors alignment</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">comp</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">activates the graphical compensation for the moving platform</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">vfov up / down</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">sets the up / down field of view value (use minus sign before the down value) (not working in case of domeprojection graphic calibration)</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">hfov left / right</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">sets the left / right field of view value (use minus sign before the left value) (not working in case of domeprojection graphic calibration)</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">screen dist</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">sets the distance of the projector from the screen (needed by the graphical compensation) (not working in case of domeprojection graphic calibration)</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">yaw</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList"> set the yaw orientation of the relative camera in VI-GraphSim (not working in case of domeprojection graphic calibration)</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">run vigraphsim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList">this button lets you run VI-GraphSim on the relative host (make sure that run_gfxsim.bat file is present into the VI-GraphSim installation)</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:225px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_Normal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">stop vigraphsim</span></p>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; width:861px; padding:0px;"><p class="p_BulletList"><span class="f_BulletList"> this button lets you stop VI-GraphSim on the relative host (make sure that stop_gfxsim.bat file is present into the VI-GraphSim installation)</span></p>
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<p class="p_NormalIndentParameters"><span class="f_NormalIndentParameters">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Normal">If any problem in the communication with VI-GraphSim occur, please have a look at the firewall configuration. The executable <span style="font-weight: bold;">VI-Graphsim3.exe</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">VIrpcDaemon.exe </span>running on the windows graphical PC need to have a dedicated rule or exception in the Windows firewall. Also <span style="font-weight: bold;">iodb_udp.exe</span> (for simulations running on Windows PC) need to have a dedicated rule or exception into the Windows firewall.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_Normal">The host ON - OFF function will work only if the ethernet adapter is set to change the power state of the machine, to change this setting: right click on the ethernet adapter setting -&gt; properties -&gt; power saving settings -&gt; make sure that the device can turn on and off the machine. The wake on lan (WOL) function must be activated in the BIOS of every machine, usually this function is located in the advanced BIOS mode.</p>

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